Jim, It often helps to affiliate with birding clubs, attend their meetings, participate in their field trips and special events such as the annual Christmas Bird Count, spring Migration Count etc. Since your message contained no geographical address I can't tell you about a local club, but the Georgia Ornithological Society has members throughout the state, meets twice a year and puts out two quarterly birding publications. Membership is $16/yr. Write to GOS, PO Box 1684, Cartersville, GA 30120. Newcomers to birding are welcome. Ken Clark,. Macon, GA (912) 474-1924 <gosclark@juno.com

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 14:31:32 -0800 Jim Durkin <jimdurkin@YAHOO.COM> writes: >Have taken a random approach to learning birding and wondering how >others do this. Have heard there is no substitute for studying, being >in the field, etc. > Would love to hear all ideas. >Thanks >Jim >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >